Faucet



Patented Aug. 9, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

FREDERICK TIBBLE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, 'MICHIGAN.

- FAUCET.

iApplcation led September 16, 1925. Serial No. 56,7'55.y

The present invention relates to faucets and the like; and its object isto vprovide a structure of that character improved in various respectshereinafter appearing; and more particularly, to provide such'astructure having improved valve-operating means; and Y further, toprovide in such a structure improved means and `methods for assemblingand disassembling the parts.

These objects are attained by, and the in-A vention finds preferableembodiment in, the structure hereinafter particularly described in thebody of this specification andyillustrated by the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinalcentrall sectional view of afaucet havinga controlling valve;

Figure 2 is a view of the same, shown partly in plan and partly inhorizontal lonsecured, as by the screw threads 4;. A member 5 isremovably secured to this pipe as by the screw threads 6,- and has afiuid passage therethrough between its arms 7, and a valve seat 8. rlhevalve 9 is movable slidably in bearings 10, 11 in this member into andout of seating position on the valve seat, being urged by the spring 12into seating position. The valve is operated to slide the saine from thevalve seat, by a cam 13 eccentrically carried by a shaftI 14 which isaxially-removably journalled in the bodys rotary bearing 15 and isjournalled in a rotary bearing 16 in a cap 17 secured as by screwthreads 18 -to the body and adapted to close an opening 19 through itsupper side, said rotary bearings being thus concentric.

The `parts maybe readily yassembled by ing the body 1 on the pipe,inserting the i cam 13th'rough the opening 19, pushing back the vvalvesstem 2O so that the cam may engage the end thereof, inserting the lowerend 21 of the shaft 14 into the bearing 15, and

screwing down the cap 17 on the body 1 to close the opening 19 and holdthe cam 13 and shaft 14 by its collar 22 in operative position.

The invention being intended to be pointed out in the claim, is not tobe limited to or by details of construction of the particular embodimentthereof illustrated by the drawings or hereinbefore described.

I claim: i

In a structure of the character described: a pipe having an internallyand externally `screwing the member 5 into the pipe 3, screwthreaded endportion; a body internally threadedpn the pipes externally threaded endportion and having a Huid passagea bearing whose axis extendstransversely to the bodys longitudinal direction. and an openingdisposed oppositely to said bearing"l a. member externally threaded onthe pipes internally threaded end portion and having va fluid passageand a valve seat; a valve carlried by said memberlongitudinally movableinto and out of seating posit-ion on the valve seat; va removable capadapted to close saidv opening and 'having a rotary bearing-concentricwith the first-mentioned bearing; a

rotatable shaft journalled in the second-mentioned bearing andaxially-removably ournalled in the first-mentioned bearing and car- Yrying an eccentric cam engaging the valve to move the same, t-he shaftand cam being movable into and out of the body through said opening.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Grand Rapids,Michigan, this 12th kday of'September, 1925.

E FREDERICK TIBBLE.

